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After the students have been introduced to the project and potential teams, the team leader will send out a planning survey. Remember that all surveys we use are GoogleDocs on the CUAguaClara aguaclaraadmin account with username and password. Double check that the survey has been updated for this year before sending it out! All surveys need to be updated every year.
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As soon as you and Monroe finalize teams send each team an email and encourage everyone on that team to start reviewing their wiki space. If you can schedule it into the syllabus, immediately host a Team Meeting lecture, which is where you tell everyone its required class as usual, except you only talk for five minutes and then have everyone split into their teams and start introducing themselves. Tell them to pick a weekly meeting time right then and there, and make sure they know that every team is required to meet in person at least once per week and turn in detailed meeting minutes of their weekly activities. Have the team members exchange phone numbers.
Wiki Access
Give all new team members wiki access. To do this follow the instructions given below
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The AguaClara listserv can be used for general announcements that are not for class. The list has hundreds of students who have been interested in the project at some point but are not necessarily enrolled in the class. It can be used, for example, for events , such as the benefit concert or lectures that might be of interest. You can also send emails to announce the speakers for class since students not enrolled might want to attend.